Eden Township, LaGrange County, Indiana explained

Official Name:Eden Township
Settlement Type:Township
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:LaGrange
Government Type:Indiana township
Area Total Sq Mi:35.95
Area Land Sq Mi:35.88
Area Water Sq Mi:0.07
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:4894
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:280
Elevation Ft:919
Coordinates:41.5703°N -85.5931°W
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:18-20206[2]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:453271

Eden Township is one of eleven townships in LaGrange County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,894, up from 4,231 at the 2010 census, when it also contained 1,085 housing units.[3] The township has a large Amish and Mennonite population.

According to the 2019 "ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles", 18% of the township's population spoke only English, while 79 spoke an "other [than Spanish] Indo-European language" (basically Pennsylvania German/German).

Eden Township was organized in 1832.[4]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.81%) is land and (or 0.19%) is water.[3]

References

  1. Web site: US Board on Geographic Names. 2008-01-31. United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25.
  2. Web site: U.S. Census website . . 2008-01-31 .
  3. Web site: Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1 . https://archive.today/20200212200305/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18087 . dead . 2020-02-12 . United States Census . 2013-05-10.
  4. Book: Counties of LaGrange and Noble, Indiana: Historical and Biographical . F.A. Battey & Company . 1882 . 188.

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